Fear of long words, ironically called Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, or Sesquipedalophobia, is one of the weird phobias that people suffer when they simple have a persistent and irrational fear for long words. Statistics don’t show how many people suffer from this phobia. However, it is in fact a phobia that along with fear of clowns, fear of dentists, fear of success, ergophobia or many more, affects a considerable amount of people in the whole world.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Fear of long words, ironically called Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, or Sesquipedalophobia, is one of the weird phobias that people suffer when they simple have a persistent and irrational fear for long words. Statistics don’t show how many people suffer from this phobia. However, it is in fact a phobia that along with fear of clowns, fear of dentists, fear of success, ergophobia or many more, affects a considerable amount of people in the whole world.
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